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would a secretary of defense hagel pro-provide over the hollowing out of the defense department? >> the biggest concern with respect to who will league out is this sequester that's hanging like a sword over the department. that's what they had tried -- have to not let that happen but with respect to going in and finding things within the department of defense that perhaps you don't need or you can eliminate, if that's what you mean by bloat, i hope he does find bloat and gets rid of it. >> agree with his characterization that it's bloated? >> bloated doesn't necessarily mean the whole department is bloated. bloated mean there is are probably things in the department that you can take a hard look at and determine whether or not you need it in light of the current situation and the strategy we are implementing. when i was chairman, we saw the end of the soviet union, completely different change in our strategic positioning. and we eliminated 1 million troops and cut the budget 25%. that's not the case now. but there's no reason why a secretary of defense should go into office think
would a secretary of defense hagel pro-provide over the hollowing out of the defense department? >> the biggest concern with respect to who will league out is this sequester that's hanging like a sword over the department. that's what they had tried -- have to not let that happen but with respect to going in and finding things within the department of defense that perhaps you don't need or you can eliminate, if that's what you mean by bloat, i hope he does find bloat and gets rid of it....
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they tell me you need to fund our defense department at such and such a level. you immediate to send out social security checks. you need to make sure that you are paying to care for our veterans. they lay all this out for me. they have the spending power. i am required by law to go ahead and pay these bills. separately they also have to authorize the raising of the debt ceiling in order to make sure that those bills are paid, and so what congress can't do is tell me to spend x and then say, but we're not going to give you the authority to go ahead and pay the bills. i just want to repeat because i think sometimes the american people understandably aren't following all the debates here in washington. raising the debt ceiling does not authorize us to spend more. all it does is say that america will pay its bills, and we are not a deadbeat nation. the consequences of us not paying our bills as i outlined in my openings statement would be disastrous. so i understand the impulse to try to get around this in a simple way. there's one way to get around this. there's o
they tell me you need to fund our defense department at such and such a level. you immediate to send out social security checks. you need to make sure that you are paying to care for our veterans. they lay all this out for me. they have the spending power. i am required by law to go ahead and pay these bills. separately they also have to authorize the raising of the debt ceiling in order to make sure that those bills are paid, and so what congress can't do is tell me to spend x and then say,...
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it helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. wears off. [ female announcer ] stop searching and start repairing. eucerin professional repair moisturizes while actually repairing very dry skin. the end of trial and error has arrived. try a free sample at eucerinus.com. >>> the inauguration comes on martin luther king day. 47 years since the death of doctor king. the first african-american president takes office for his second term. joining me in the studio, reverend jesse jackson, founder of the rainbow push coalition. a pleasure. >> thank you. >> thank you for being here. let's talk about dr. king and the perspective of what i said, 45 years since his death, but we have an african-american president for the second time taking office. give me your thautsds on that. >> there's immense pride in that. the fact is, for 244 years we were in slavery, the emancipation proclamation, jim crow, only free since 1966, from selma, alabama, really, to washington is quite a journey. the steps that he'll take the oath of office w
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>> i learned president is very defensive about his party-going and giving. i don't think it is just the president. it is the republicans and it is the rest of the country. >> it is. >> there's a likable guy. very likable guy when you talk to him. you know, i learned that -- he -- his girls, as girls, do, they don't want to hang out with him as much. that may be good for negotiations. what did you learn? >> i learned the show was great today. thank you very much. >> am i interrupting less? >> you are slurpting less but i wouldn't let it get into your head. everything you do makes this show happen. and you know, just -- once in a while, we have a bad day. don't let pathetic people want to criticize you and get in your head because the show -- is all about you. >> month, it is not. >> and i run it. >> she does run it. that's true. >> seriously. who runs the show? >> mika. >> who runs the show? seriously. >> she just walked off camera. >> she runs the show. >> many other -- >> what do you call her? >> people that don't know how the show runs -- you know. because
>> i learned president is very defensive about his party-going and giving. i don't think it is just the president. it is the republicans and it is the rest of the country. >> it is. >> there's a likable guy. very likable guy when you talk to him. you know, i learned that -- he -- his girls, as girls, do, they don't want to hang out with him as much. that may be good for negotiations. what did you learn? >> i learned the show was great today. thank you very much. >>...
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i think there is a lot of room in the defense budget for cuts, but our primary focus in terms of the economy should be job creation. so that means that the government has to spend in order to create economic stability. economic progress. we need jobs in this economy for middle class people and that's what will make this economy stronger and so if we cut then we're going against that very basic economic principle. when you constrict the budget and cut off the flow of money, you're not going have as many jobs available. so i am not -- i am not in favor of drastic cuts in spending at this time, but i do think long term we should be looking at reducing our debt and restoring fiscal sanity to our budget. >> a group of house democrats, yourself included you want to do away with the debt ceiling law altogether. this is congressman jerry neven, this is what he had to say about it. take a listen. >> it is time to repeal the debt ceiling and today we're introducing legislation to do just that. instead of playing a game of chicken with the full faith and credit of the united states, we must dea
i think there is a lot of room in the defense budget for cuts, but our primary focus in terms of the economy should be job creation. so that means that the government has to spend in order to create economic stability. economic progress. we need jobs in this economy for middle class people and that's what will make this economy stronger and so if we cut then we're going against that very basic economic principle. when you constrict the budget and cut off the flow of money, you're not going have...
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empassioned defenses or idealogical trolls? >> trolling is a key part of the conservative entertainment/media business model. these guys say stuff all the time that they do not intend to be persuasive. they're not trying to explain something or to bring people along to their way of thinking. they're just doing something to attract attention, and hopefully condemnation and outrage from the mainstream and particularly from liberals. they want to offend you. they seek to offend you. that is the point. >> we will sift through the language and search for a reason, if any actually exists, next on "now." ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios a typical family pays $155,000 in "wall street" fees on their 401(k)s? go to e-trade. and roll over your old 401(k)s to a new e-trade retirement account. none of them charge annual fees, and all of them offer low cost investme
empassioned defenses or idealogical trolls? >> trolling is a key part of the conservative entertainment/media business model. these guys say stuff all the time that they do not intend to be persuasive. they're not trying to explain something or to bring people along to their way of thinking. they're just doing something to attract attention, and hopefully condemnation and outrage from the mainstream and particularly from liberals. they want to offend you. they seek to offend you. that is...
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as secretary of defense, we want that person addressing these questions. will we see a stronger motivation to address the questions of military sexual assault in the second term? >> i certainly hope so. we are having a hearing in congress this week where more than 41 young recruits, new trainees were sexually assaulted or harassed by 19 military training instructors. it wasn't because women came forward and talked about it. only one reported it. there's a fear of reporting it. if you report it, your career is over. >> is there something we can learn from sort of the culture of the military which is at this moment, managing poorly in some ways the influx of new women service members and what's going on in the u.s. house of representatives and the u.s. senate which are still dominated by a male culture that will now have to cope with an influx of new, talented women. >> i think what we need to recognize is that these men have to be educated. i think that the military service, the generals, they come to the capital and they say oh, we have zero tolerance and
as secretary of defense, we want that person addressing these questions. will we see a stronger motivation to address the questions of military sexual assault in the second term? >> i certainly hope so. we are having a hearing in congress this week where more than 41 young recruits, new trainees were sexually assaulted or harassed by 19 military training instructors. it wasn't because women came forward and talked about it. only one reported it. there's a fear of reporting it. if you...
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i think he will do a great job as secretary of defense. and i think in his confirmation hearings all of these issues that you've raised, that others have raised, he'll be prepared to deal with. >> also new today, senator john mccain offering new insight into his concern about this nomination. >> what is his view of america's role in the world? whether he really believes that the surge was the worst blunder since the vietnam war. that clearly is not -- that's not correct. i mean, in fact, it's bizarre. why would he oppose calling the iranian revolutionary guard a terrorist organization? these are legitimate questions that need to be asked. i honor his service. we are friends. but i have an obligation to the men and women who are now serving in uniform. >> let's go now to nbc news white house correspondent peter alexander. so peter, with a good sunday to you, my friend. lots of reaction on the sunday talk shows on this hagel fight. has it reached a new level, and do you think this suggests it's going to be a bit tougher than the president en
i think he will do a great job as secretary of defense. and i think in his confirmation hearings all of these issues that you've raised, that others have raised, he'll be prepared to deal with. >> also new today, senator john mccain offering new insight into his concern about this nomination. >> what is his view of america's role in the world? whether he really believes that the surge was the worst blunder since the vietnam war. that clearly is not -- that's not correct. i mean, in...
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while his administration also refused to defend the defense of marriage act, the federal law defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman. now he'd taken the biggest step. >> the president has said, loud and clear, that we are as equal as any family in this country, and it's really historic and momentous, and it makes me feel proud. >> hello! oh, it is good to be here. >> americans became used to something extraordinary, an african-american president in the white house. >> the woman who took care of me when i was a small boy was this african-american woman named jessie berry. i think about her a lot, because she couldn't have imagined that 5-year-old would be working 20 feet from the oval office, but imagine what she would think that the president i work for is an african-american man named barack obama. >> we had ruby bridges visit the white house not long ago, because we had the norman rockwell painting of her integrating her school in louisiana. and the president stood there with her, and she said, ruby, because of your courage at the age of 5 or 6, i'm here today. >> p
while his administration also refused to defend the defense of marriage act, the federal law defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman. now he'd taken the biggest step. >> the president has said, loud and clear, that we are as equal as any family in this country, and it's really historic and momentous, and it makes me feel proud. >> hello! oh, it is good to be here. >> americans became used to something extraordinary, an african-american president in the white...
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our defense budget keeps exploding. so an iranian crisis comes at the absolute worst time for this country. >> that's what i was saying early on. >> on so many points. >> things could change dramatically this year. >> richard and i have talked about this a lot. in search of a metaphor, have i been thinking about the islamic role in africa and the middle east, think of it size a large, very dry forest after years of drought. and a lightning strike anywhere, which is unanticipated, starts a brush fire. and then it goes across. we just saw what happened in algeria. what's going on in syria at the moment. and we are not dealing state-to-state. there's an entirely new set of rules for dealing with that critical part of the world, to say nothing of the 300 million people who live there, the oil, the energy we have invested, and as richard and i have been talking, what happens to the kingdoms, saudi arabia next door? with an aging leadership. and they are in the bunker at the moment. and then all of the gulf states as well. jo
our defense budget keeps exploding. so an iranian crisis comes at the absolute worst time for this country. >> that's what i was saying early on. >> on so many points. >> things could change dramatically this year. >> richard and i have talked about this a lot. in search of a metaphor, have i been thinking about the islamic role in africa and the middle east, think of it size a large, very dry forest after years of drought. and a lightning strike anywhere, which is...
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to form a more perfect union establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our posterity to ordain and establish this constitution for the united states of america. >> now, he did not write that himself. yes, it was constitution day on the floor of the house of representatives. read the constitution day. remember two years ago when republicans took over the house, john boehner became speaker for the first time, they decided to make a big show out of reading the constitution page by page on the floor of the house as one of their first acts? well, they apparently enjoyed that so much a couple of years ago when they did it the first time that they decided to bring it back. so today for more than an hour, members of the house took turns reading a section of the constitution, again. and honestly, the second time around, the whole thing sort of lost a little bit of steam compared with last time. all told, just 74 members of the house turned up today to read parts of the constitut
to form a more perfect union establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our posterity to ordain and establish this constitution for the united states of america. >> now, he did not write that himself. yes, it was constitution day on the floor of the house of representatives. read the constitution day. remember two years ago when republicans took over the house, john...
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these tasks which i think is kind of buried in the resume after we announced we weren't doing missile defense in eastern europe he was sent to even europe to talk to the eastern european leaders. jared, i'm curious, you worked with the vice president in his office. it's been strapg to me, joe biden has had such a long career in politics. he started at 30 years old. >> 35 years in the senate before he became vice president. >> and he's gone through different iterations in his public appearance and one then that's interesting is there's this kind of cartoonish version of joe biden that the right has pushed. in fact, we have -- here's an example of -- this is funny, the onion has this whole image they crafted. this is joe biden's official twitter account referring to the onions, joe biden, the onions joe biden has written an autobiography. this is the actual joe biden teasing them about the transam that the onion says he likes. but i do wonder, how much distance do you think? what are the things we get wrong about the vice president from the perspective of hthis caricature? >> i think we get a l
these tasks which i think is kind of buried in the resume after we announced we weren't doing missile defense in eastern europe he was sent to even europe to talk to the eastern european leaders. jared, i'm curious, you worked with the vice president in his office. it's been strapg to me, joe biden has had such a long career in politics. he started at 30 years old. >> 35 years in the senate before he became vice president. >> and he's gone through different iterations in his public...
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i heard references to the fact that the defense budget is the bugaboo, but if you take a look at defense relative to gdp, you're looking a close to 9% being used on defense. we talk about cutting this expeditionary funding vehicle for the marines. the only problem is if you really believe in the marines, you have to get them from the ocean to the shore. i am not so sure that you have cut gdp for defense well, not quite in half, but in the meantime entitlement has gone from 2.5% to the other entitlements, well up 12%. putting them together, all of a sudden that is what our revenue is. seems to me that the elephant in the room is the entitlement. courageous leadership will acknowledge that fact and say let's have the conversation to talk about what we will do with those. we all know that they're talking about heavy cuts in discretionary, the tip of the iceberg. i guess it is disappointing to make the main subjects of the main subject. this phrase, the idea that we will somehow shocked a fragile recovery by cutting discretionary income assumes that the discretionary income somehow helps the
i heard references to the fact that the defense budget is the bugaboo, but if you take a look at defense relative to gdp, you're looking a close to 9% being used on defense. we talk about cutting this expeditionary funding vehicle for the marines. the only problem is if you really believe in the marines, you have to get them from the ocean to the shore. i am not so sure that you have cut gdp for defense well, not quite in half, but in the meantime entitlement has gone from 2.5% to the other...
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>>> welcome to this week in defense news. i'm vago muradian. we'll take a look at how one company is preparing veterans for careers in it. first we're coming to yu from the pentagon to discuss one of america's key war fighting advantagings the ability to gathers intelligence on enemies and threats worldwide, 365 days a year. a force that includes satellites, manned and unmanned a aircraft and global communication systems to gather images and data and video across networks in realtime, but the networks that the united states has built have been tayloreded to support operations in iraq and afghanistan. that force will have to change as the united states focuses increasingly on the pacific where distances are greater and it will face far more sophisticated potential adversaries, here to talk about the future of the sprawling network is the deputy chief of staff for intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, lieutenant general larry james. welcome to the program. >> thanks good to be here. >> let's start off first before we get into the future o
>>> welcome to this week in defense news. i'm vago muradian. we'll take a look at how one company is preparing veterans for careers in it. first we're coming to yu from the pentagon to discuss one of america's key war fighting advantagings the ability to gathers intelligence on enemies and threats worldwide, 365 days a year. a force that includes satellites, manned and unmanned a aircraft and global communication systems to gather images and data and video across networks in realtime,...
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just the defense budget itself. we spent $2.70 trillion above that base line, including for inflation, since 9/11 to make americans feel safe, and that is justified in many ways, but we are not having an honest discussion with the public. we are not looking at the security and the trade-offs that are happening, and we have spent a huge amount of money, but americans have not been feeling as safe as they should. he made comments, probably on c- span, as well, that you are not unpatriotic to ask questions of your government. it is patriotic to ask these questions. we should be having these debates and dialogues, and i think he is trying to make that. host: gary schmitt? guest: yes, i think many made comments, but the answer was not, let's get out and cut defense. the bush administration -- it was not until 2006 and 2007 -- something proposed in 2003, but they wasted several years, and there are plenty of criticisms for that waste. cut and run. the idea was to do precisely what we did. increase the force levels and cha
just the defense budget itself. we spent $2.70 trillion above that base line, including for inflation, since 9/11 to make americans feel safe, and that is justified in many ways, but we are not having an honest discussion with the public. we are not looking at the security and the trade-offs that are happening, and we have spent a huge amount of money, but americans have not been feeling as safe as they should. he made comments, probably on c- span, as well, that you are not unpatriotic to ask...
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russia again that the government really was mostly talking about and discussing anti-crisis measures the defensive measures rather than proactive reform policy i mean there was clearly a panic hit the government in the middle of two thousand and twelve and the government started pouring heavily into. buffing money into the reserve fund because they were anticipating a meltdown and they were getting ready and like jacob said that fell through to the people and to the companies because they were panicking too and so everybody started hoarding people started saving the companies were running because you know because of the nature of the russian economy the lack of reform or slow reform or do we is it still externally driven it's i mean there is a vulnerability there i mean again you have to remember as well that america is talking about a crisis nineteen twenty nine one hundred thirty and the russians they went through this in ninety ninety eight so it's very clear to everyone that's why they panic that's why they're so nervous but it's that lack of confidence and has said that investment is the key
russia again that the government really was mostly talking about and discussing anti-crisis measures the defensive measures rather than proactive reform policy i mean there was clearly a panic hit the government in the middle of two thousand and twelve and the government started pouring heavily into. buffing money into the reserve fund because they were anticipating a meltdown and they were getting ready and like jacob said that fell through to the people and to the companies because they were...
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>> i am from national defense university. it is one thing -- first of all, thank you, for confirming my worst expectations. >> is my speech that bad? >> auditing the building of buildings and infrastructure is one thing but a lot of u.s. taxpayer money is being spent on more traditional development programs that do a partner capacity building an institution building and democratization and education. do you have a strategy how to audit the effectiveness of those investments? >> we do. we produced, under my watch, the first joint strategy for doing audits and investigations in that area in afghanistan with the aidag, dodag, and the state ag. it lays out a strategy where we're focusing on the most important programs by dollar amounts and impact on our mission. it is a 50-page strategy but we do have a strategy. it was not until i showed up that we had a joint strategy. we have been spending money there for eight years-10 years before but no one had come up with a joint strategy as to how we tout -- target for audits. yes, sir,
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this will be the secretary of defense. this is about deploying power or run the world and managing strategic assets and managing a shift where the president has said that we now have or did we have overweighted our resources in the middle east and south asia and we have underweighted our presence in asia looking at china. that shift is like moving a giant ship of spending, resources, american men and women being deployed in different places, as well as strategic asset purchasing, what weapons and technologies. and as we bring down the defense budget, smart choices need to happen so that at the end of the day, the department of defense is able to bring security to the world, that we have got the same degree of security deliverable then that we would. it is not a function of money. you need someone who understands. chuck hagel having been a combat veteran, two purple hearts from vietnam. that is very important. this is a man who understands the nature and structure of military organization. i think that is what i think will
this will be the secretary of defense. this is about deploying power or run the world and managing strategic assets and managing a shift where the president has said that we now have or did we have overweighted our resources in the middle east and south asia and we have underweighted our presence in asia looking at china. that shift is like moving a giant ship of spending, resources, american men and women being deployed in different places, as well as strategic asset purchasing, what weapons...
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and gun for self-defense, a rifle for target shooting, a shotgun for skeet shooting. we fought against britain and we cannot protect ourselves when they try to take our firearms. the u.s. has a long tradition of individual rights of citizens that many other countries don't have. >> for decades, the special interest gun lobby and the gun manufacturers in the u.s. are not regulated. every product in america is regulated, including toy guns. but the real guns that resulted 87 ducks per day, 3000 every month, the equivalent of a 9/11 attack every month in america from gun violence, and there's no regulation on guns and there's no background checks for all gun sales. the congress is completely owned. >> driving tests in south korea are becoming more high-tech. the road traffic authority says computer tablets are helping them to drive more safely. >> it can be nerve wracking experience, sitting for driving test. more so when you have to memorize the routes. that's a thing of the past. the road traffic authority has equipped the cars with computer tablets in korea. they're l
and gun for self-defense, a rifle for target shooting, a shotgun for skeet shooting. we fought against britain and we cannot protect ourselves when they try to take our firearms. the u.s. has a long tradition of individual rights of citizens that many other countries don't have. >> for decades, the special interest gun lobby and the gun manufacturers in the u.s. are not regulated. every product in america is regulated, including toy guns. but the real guns that resulted 87 ducks per day,...
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are we really better off when we say no defense is a good defense? >> chris: i want to put up an ad that gun control advocates have started running against new democratic senator heidi hei dcamp of north dakota when she said some of the president's ideas about gun control are extreme. will that work. can ms. tanden and their allies and they have suggested they can drive a wedge between people like you, the heads of the nra and some of their members who may not be as hardline as you guys are on gun controls? >> i think the senator from north dakota is reflecting the views of the people that sent her to washington. so i don't think there is much room to drive any wedge. i think she is representing them rather faithfully and i think it is noteworthy that a democrat who would be under a lot of pressure within their are caucus to take a gun control point of view is not having anything other. >> that s not true. heidi heidcamp has heard from both sides of the issue and now said she is open to discussion of the issues. i think the challenge here for the lea
are we really better off when we say no defense is a good defense? >> chris: i want to put up an ad that gun control advocates have started running against new democratic senator heidi hei dcamp of north dakota when she said some of the president's ideas about gun control are extreme. will that work. can ms. tanden and their allies and they have suggested they can drive a wedge between people like you, the heads of the nra and some of their members who may not be as hardline as you guys...
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our responsibility as our room states this is a problem not that we are pressed from the outside the defense is also a concern for those who believe germany is losing control of its sovereignty the country is still home to nato bases over twenty years after the end of the cold war germany today faces no major military threats nor does any european state and that's why this gigantic military machine that the americans have built up is can. there appear to be historical cultural and economic reasons why some germans feel less sovereignty is disappearing but for a group of lawyers getting ready for their legal battle with the european central plank twenty thirty looks set to be an important year and what they see is the fight to return german rule to the german people these are all of the arty berlin. big money matters on both sides of the atlantic and the shady deal is causing financial rollercoasters exposed in the latest edition of the kaiser report that's coming up in the next hour but here's a brief preview for you. three weeks ago the f.c.c. not the commodities futures trading commission
our responsibility as our room states this is a problem not that we are pressed from the outside the defense is also a concern for those who believe germany is losing control of its sovereignty the country is still home to nato bases over twenty years after the end of the cold war germany today faces no major military threats nor does any european state and that's why this gigantic military machine that the americans have built up is can. there appear to be historical cultural and economic...
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people don't realize that 60% of our discretionary money go to the defense. wewe need and want a strong defense, with you but quite frankly out dateed cold war-era weapons can be taken off the table. there are many, many ways we can save money with defense in our pentagon budget, and never even touch anything that would affect our troops and their benefits and their families or national defense. nothing is off of the table and we have to under that defense can't be off of the table. we have to keep defense on the table as part of the negotiations as we move forward. i cannot accept a plan that's going to cut domestic spending by 8%. but i can look at a plan that looks at waste fraud and abuse cuts in the pentagon that will create jobs in our country and invest in infrastructure, education, healthcare rather than investing in cold war-era weapons systems that are now obsolete. >> jennifer: i hope they listen to you. barbara lee joining us. thank you for joining us. up next, leon panetta calls suicide in this country an epidemic, and the numbers bear them out.
people don't realize that 60% of our discretionary money go to the defense. wewe need and want a strong defense, with you but quite frankly out dateed cold war-era weapons can be taken off the table. there are many, many ways we can save money with defense in our pentagon budget, and never even touch anything that would affect our troops and their benefits and their families or national defense. nothing is off of the table and we have to under that defense can't be off of the table. we have to...
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charles -- for defense. secretary of state. and mr. john brennan of virginia. there you go. well, thank you very much, everybody. [ applause ] >> did they already steal the pens? i can get you one, man. >> that's actually the president's room on the senate side of the cabinet. >> that's a souvenir. he wanted a souvenir. >> these are the president's first official actions as president of his second term. again, mom mating four men to his cabinet. jack lew to be secretary of the treasury, john kerry to be secretary of state, chuck hagel to be secretary of defense, and john brennan to be the director of central intelligence. also that probleming clamation commemorating the inauguration. the start of the term is a time actually for quite a bit of business, particularly a first term president. you will often get a number of executive orders immediately. this president, obviously, famously signing an executive order to try to close guantanamo, which now at the start of his second term has not happened. interestingly, though, this president taking over for the start of the second t
charles -- for defense. secretary of state. and mr. john brennan of virginia. there you go. well, thank you very much, everybody. [ applause ] >> did they already steal the pens? i can get you one, man. >> that's actually the president's room on the senate side of the cabinet. >> that's a souvenir. he wanted a souvenir. >> these are the president's first official actions as president of his second term. again, mom mating four men to his cabinet. jack lew to be secretary...
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department of defense when i was in vietnam in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight united states senators making decisions that affected my life. and lot of people who lost their lives but they didn't have i didn't having the say about someone needs to represent that perspective and in our government as well the people in washington make the policy. but it's the little guys who come back in the body but since two thousand and one an estimated sixty six hundred u.s. soldiers have returned from iraq or afghanistan in body bags and last year suicides by american soldiers surged to three hundred forty nine historic high the u.s. military has had decades of experience in areas like asia latin america the middle east and africa however experts say if leaders in washington don't begin learning from the past the only foreign policy factor that will continue changing is the geographic location of america's fatalities and repeated mistakes reporting from new york. r.t. . online for at the moment crying wolf in russia the threat is real this time no republican side bierria to rise and hunting the an
department of defense when i was in vietnam in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight united states senators making decisions that affected my life. and lot of people who lost their lives but they didn't have i didn't having the say about someone needs to represent that perspective and in our government as well the people in washington make the policy. but it's the little guys who come back in the body but since two thousand and one an estimated sixty six hundred u.s. soldiers have returned from...
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missile defense moves. >> it will be hadder this time. i don't see where u.s. and russian relations can go and that will be a problem foe the president starting, of course, with syria but iran is the bigger issue that remains undecided and we have gotten some russian help so far on iran but it doesn't mean we will get russian help with the next step. >> the arab spring signaled the fall of middle east leaders with whom u.s. officials had for 30 years cultivated careful relationship. >> president obama called on egypt's mubarak to step down. >> a change must take place. allocated u.s. resources to support a no-fly zone in libya leading to the killing of muammar qaddafi. but in syria, calling numerous times for bashar al-assad to step down, a civil continues there and the united states has not publicly stepped in. >> there is in doubt overall president obama's legacy toward the middle east is one of limited american actism. that is shown by how we handled egypt, libya, syria, iraq. >> there are unanswered questions of the investigation into the 9/11 attack on the
missile defense moves. >> it will be hadder this time. i don't see where u.s. and russian relations can go and that will be a problem foe the president starting, of course, with syria but iran is the bigger issue that remains undecided and we have gotten some russian help so far on iran but it doesn't mean we will get russian help with the next step. >> the arab spring signaled the fall of middle east leaders with whom u.s. officials had for 30 years cultivated careful relationship....
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law thanks to the national defense authorization act the pentagon's also ordered a thorough review of when and how america could strike at the network of tunnels believed to hold beijing's atomic arsenals editor of japan based news website james corbett however suggests all teary motives. i don't think that we have to look at this current context bridgeport in the context of they're going to move in with a nuclear strike right at this point but i think it has to be seen as a wider part of the u.s. nuclear policy that's been stretching out for decades now trying to come up with ways to justify the existence of some of the u.s. is the existing nuclear arsenal and looking for ways to create new weapons so for example we have to be sixty one dash eleven nuclear bunker busters that with a four hundred kilogram me old that they've been harboring and talking about for in the better part of a decade now in relation to iran and trying to bust through into iran's new for underground nuclear facilities or alleged nuclear facilities now they're just shifting that rhetoric over to the asia pacific
law thanks to the national defense authorization act the pentagon's also ordered a thorough review of when and how america could strike at the network of tunnels believed to hold beijing's atomic arsenals editor of japan based news website james corbett however suggests all teary motives. i don't think that we have to look at this current context bridgeport in the context of they're going to move in with a nuclear strike right at this point but i think it has to be seen as a wider part of the...
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defense secretary leon panetta was on a week long trip to europe to discuss close military link ups and includes a visit to spain where washington is looking to double its defense presents this year spanish international affairs experts believe this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. you know that i said. you have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states or one of them is that they have to. and the most serious danger comes from the east from china and so they think they should reinforce their military and political presence in asia and the other strain and leon panetta and president obama a part of it says that the u.s. has to be present in the boat so the operation and therefore they also have to deploy the into missile defense shield that is a provocation against russia. now mourners in chicago have said to full farewells at the funeral of freedom of information activist aaron swartz he took his own life last week under pressure from federal prosecutors who sought her thirty five year
defense secretary leon panetta was on a week long trip to europe to discuss close military link ups and includes a visit to spain where washington is looking to double its defense presents this year spanish international affairs experts believe this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. you know that i said. you have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states or one of them is that they have to. and...
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the big elephant in the room is the defense budget israeli military spending was not supposed to grow more than one and a half percent a year but those figures have more than doubled in the last three years alone and now after an eight day war with hamas in gaza the defense establishment is pushing for even more money netanyahu chances of a victory come january are high and television homeless are preparing themselves for more of the same joys of bench moment arrived at this tent city with nothing more than the clothes on his back and a tank of gasoline threatening to set himself on fire. and went over to me by the state nothing more nothing less i sold my country as a soldier and i will stay here to the end i do not fear death i saw it in the army many times but is this what i deserve. his tears echoed the pain and abandonment people here feel the government has no time for us there is money there is a lot of money to help people like us netanyahu couldn't care less he will win again i know this will be the same it's a disgrace the prime minister netanyahu has formed committees to de
the big elephant in the room is the defense budget israeli military spending was not supposed to grow more than one and a half percent a year but those figures have more than doubled in the last three years alone and now after an eight day war with hamas in gaza the defense establishment is pushing for even more money netanyahu chances of a victory come january are high and television homeless are preparing themselves for more of the same joys of bench moment arrived at this tent city with...
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many today are saying that these liberties are being threatened are being eroded one example national defense authorization act a very controversial piece of legislation this allows the government to detain americans and definitely political activist dr cornel west came out recently saying that martin luther king jr could have been called a terrorist under this law and could have been detained oh what are your thoughts about this and. about you know i think. we warn. many that. essentially as we were attempting to curtail and get to the terrorist that. we were going we were losing our liberties so the fact of the matter is yes we have lost some things i mean just i mean all of us go to the airports you have to take more and more. this friday but but but the reality is. there's a much bigger concern and that is can we in fact protect our citizenry without. diminishing near rights i think we can and you know i think one of the things we have to learn is you will never be able to address terrorism by creating the climate to terrorize others you have to treat people with dignity and respect and l
many today are saying that these liberties are being threatened are being eroded one example national defense authorization act a very controversial piece of legislation this allows the government to detain americans and definitely political activist dr cornel west came out recently saying that martin luther king jr could have been called a terrorist under this law and could have been detained oh what are your thoughts about this and. about you know i think. we warn. many that. essentially as...
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and i see chuck hagueal is confirmed as secretary of defense. he's going to be pushing for a new series of cuts i believe that will take us down this sort of pat path. he feels the defense department is too bloated and the fiscal health in this country has to involve further reductions to our military. we saw peace dividends after the cold war. pulling our troops out of afghanistan and out of iraq. we thought new approaches to contain al-qaeda and other terrorists organizations with drones, special forces activity, then perhaps it's time to start looking at right sizing the defense budget. >> schieffer: do you think chuck hagel is going to be confirmed. there's going to be a real fight here. >> i think it's going to be a nasty fight. a lot of mud will be sludge slung. he's facing the senate where many voting for him were not people he served with, newcomers to that body. i think ultimately he will get the necessary democrat support and that from a handful of republicans to get confirmed. >> agreed. folks i've talking to suggest it's an even bigg
and i see chuck hagueal is confirmed as secretary of defense. he's going to be pushing for a new series of cuts i believe that will take us down this sort of pat path. he feels the defense department is too bloated and the fiscal health in this country has to involve further reductions to our military. we saw peace dividends after the cold war. pulling our troops out of afghanistan and out of iraq. we thought new approaches to contain al-qaeda and other terrorists organizations with drones,...
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hagel, the choice for defense secretary. later, someone from morgan stanley talks about his new book. "washington journal" was next. >> good morning here in washington on the sunday morning. rehearsals underway later today for the inaugural ceremony. it will officially get underway in eight days. it is sunday, january 13. the house returns this week. the senate returns after the inauguration. converse tries to figure out what to do on the issue of spending and the national debt. we want to get your comments on a proposal put forth by senate democrats to bypass congress, allowing the president to raise the debt ceiling. it also removes the debate on section four of the 14th amendment. we will focus on all of this this sunday morning. it was a call. numbers at the bottom of your screen. we also want you to join us online on twitter and facebook or send us an e-mail. we will get your calls and comments in just a moment. our question, whether or not they residents can -- president can't bypass congress to raise the debt ceiling.
hagel, the choice for defense secretary. later, someone from morgan stanley talks about his new book. "washington journal" was next. >> good morning here in washington on the sunday morning. rehearsals underway later today for the inaugural ceremony. it will officially get underway in eight days. it is sunday, january 13. the house returns this week. the senate returns after the inauguration. converse tries to figure out what to do on the issue of spending and the national debt....